A YOUNG woman died from a drink and drugs overdose two years after she was the victim of a vicious sexual assault, an inquest heard.

Jordan Page, 25, took a massive overdose the day after she thought she had been told the help she needed to cope with her problems was unavailable.

In addition to the devastating assaults she experienced when she was 23, she had also been abused when she was 13 years old.

She turned to drink to cope with her problems, an inquest was told.

The sales administrator had feared unless she got help, she could end up in prison.

Her father Nigel Page told Birmingham Coroner’s Court that Jordan had been a “fun-loving young girl” who struggled to cope after the incidents and began drinking heavily.

Eventually, he said, Jordan became a “functioning alcoholic”.

She moved to London at one point to be with a boyfriend and held down various jobs, but earlier this year came back home to live with her parents in Links Drive, Solihull, after the relationship ended.

Her drinking became worse and she started to get in trouble, her father told the court.

He said she was told she might go to prison and was on the brink of being prosecuted for wasting police time.

She was advised by police, the inquest heard, that she would be less likely to be jailed if she could prove to the court that she was getting help.

The inquest heard Jordan approached Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, and an alcohol advisory service so she could “tick those boxes” and avoid jail.

But during her assessment her father said she had "got the wrong end of the stick", the inquest heard, which may have led to tragedy.

Jordan saw a psychologist the day before her death, and mistakenly thought she was would not get any therapy at all.

She came home and told her parents that she was not going to be recommended for further treatment.

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She feared that meant “a box would remain unticked” and therefore she could be in danger of going to prison.

On June 8, a day later, Mr Page had a phone call from Jordan at 6pm, asking him to pick her up from Solihull town centre where she had been drinking.

She came home and they had an argument – “which was not unusual,” said her dad – and she went up to her room.

He then had a phone call from the NHS’s 111 service just before 8pm, telling him that Jordan had taken some tablets and had rung them, asking for help.

She was found very unwell, but still conscious and after first refusing to be taken to hospital relented and was taken to Solihull Hospital. Over the course of the night her condition deteriorated, and she died at 11.30pm.

A post-mortem examination found that she was nearly three times the legal limit for driving.

The cause of death was concluded as an overdose and alcohol intoxication. Mr Page said he did not believe Jordan meant to kill herself.

The grieving dad said the family was angry that the mental health trust had not informed them of what was happening with Jordan and her treatment due to “patient confidentiality” because they could have prevented her taking the fatal overdose.

Diane Miles, from the mental health trust, said a review had been carried out into the care Jordan received and one of the recommendations was that in the future, there would be scope for patients’ relatives to be more involved in their care.

Assistant Birmingham Coroner Emma Brown recorded a conclusion that Jordan had died as a result of drugs and alcohol.

She said she was certain Jordan had not intended to kill herself and that taking the overdose was an impulsive act after mistakenly thinking she was being dropped by the mental health team, and could subsequently end up in prison.

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